Ronja Robbersdaughter (1984) - full transcript

Tonight he will have a child!

A stormy child.

Small and ugly.
Small and ugly!

He wants, but cannot sleep

The hunger gnaws at his stomach

and it is cold in his house

Is this a good time
to be singing, Lovis?

It makes it easier. And I think
it makes for a happier baby.

Wolf, wolf, do not come here

You will never get my child

Get rid of them!



Frighten off those harpies!

I can't hear myself singing!!

Fly away, harpies!

Tonight I am having a child!

Do you understand, you pests?!

We are having a child tonight!

Isn't the child coming soon?

Patience, Skalle-Per.

This child will be
our next robber-chief.

Can you comprehend that,
you simpletons?

It will be strange...

a small child in the castle.

And with Mattis as a father.
Poor little thing.

Mattis is the most powerful robber-chief
in all the mountains and forests.



Who could ask for a better father?

Is he not like a father to us all?

Even to you, Lill-klippen, despite the
fact that you're only a common robber.

But he is crazy enough, our Mattis.

I have a child.

Did you hear me?
I have a child!

- What kind?
- A robber-daughter!

Here you go...

If you want to see the most beautiful
child ever born in a robber-castle.

How beautiful she is.

Such a small one.

Look how cute she is.

- She looks like her father.
- Don't be mean, Sturkas.

What will she be named?

Ronja, as I decided long ago.

But what if it had been a boy?

If I decided that it will be a Ronja,
then it will be a Ronja.

My child.

You already hold my robber-heart
in the palm of your small hands.

You don't understand that, but you do.

Can I hold her?

Here is your robber-chief.
Just don't drop her whatever you do!

There doesn't seem to be
any substance to her.

What were you expecting? A robber-chief
with a beer gut and a beard?h?

- No...
- Careful, Labbas.

Now there will be two of you
who can't talk, Labbas.

This will kill Borka.

Now he can sit there
and grit his teeth in envy.

The Mattis-line lives on,
whilst the Borka line peters out.

- A child is more than he can muster.
- He probably doesn't know what to do!

Also nun gebt bloß
nicht so furchtbar an.

Doom and death!
Mattis-castle has been ripped in two!

My father's castle!

Your life gets an
auspicious beginning, Ronja.

Ronja, this castle will be
a good place to grow up even so.

Don't you think?

Did you hear that? She answered me!
She can talk already!

Mattis is a fool. Are you full now?

Are you full now?

There we go.

It is good of you to help your mother.

What about you, little Mattis.
You could lend a hand too.

Lovis, we can't keep
this child home any longer.

We must let her run free so she can
learn to live in the Mattis-forest.

So you have finally grasped that.
I wanted to let her run free ages ago.

It is dangerous.
We only have one child.

She'll have to learn
to deal with danger.

Yes, that's more like it.

I have waited long enough now!

Bring me some danger!

It's about time.

Tomorrow I am coming!

Let's go.

Come on.

Now run, child.

Make sure to watch out for the harpies,
Forest trolls and Borka-robbers.

How will I know which one is which?

- You'll know soon enough.
- OK then.

Watch out so you don't get lost.

What do I do if I get lost?

Find the right path
and find your way home.

Then it's good.

Watch out so you don't
fall in the river.

What do I do
if I fall in the river?

- Swim!
- Then it's good.

And watch out for the Hell's Gap.

What do I do if I fall
in the Hell's Gap?

Not much of anything anymore!

I better make sure not to fall
in the Hell's Gap then. Anything else?

Lots. But you'll learn
all that eventually. Go now.

And don't yell in the Wolf's Neck
or you will cause rocks to fall!

Let's see if we have any luck today.

You stay here and protect Lovis, Skalle-Per.

You do that.

Protect Lovis? Are you kidding?

In case some criminal should happen by.

If anyone attacks Lovis...

Well, then it's probably best
if I protect himl.

To imagine such water exists.

Take it all.

Noble lady.

Pigs!

Thank you, fair maid,
for your kindness to poor robbers.

- You'll hand for this!
- Bring it here.

That was worth it.
Let's go home.

We will get you!

What?

What are you doing here, bastards?!

Keep to your own forest!

We ride where we want,
I will have you know.

You look pale, Borka.

The King's guard must have
scared the shit out of you!

Shut up, Mattis!
So you don't get hurt.

I'll show you who'll get hurt.

Is this stuck?

Stop that you bastard.

Watch out! He's got the goods.

Lice-poodles! Stop, and let me
examine your heart-blood!

No, go away! Leave me alone!

No, don't come here!

Don't you hear me? Go away.

Don't touch me!
Let go of me, let go of me!

just wait...

Weg! Weg! Scher dich weg!

Let go of my Ronja!
Damn forest trolls.

Go to hell,
before I kill you all!

Ah! Ronja.

Mattis...

Now you know what forest trolls are.

Now you know what forest trolls are.

But not how to deal with them.

They are only dangerous
when you're afraid of them.

To some extent that is true of everything,
so it is best not to be afraid.

Knotas, I'll give you a bit extra,
you're all skin and bones.

Don't do that!

I heard you met Borka in the forest.

Yes, if he wasn't such a bastard.
I would almost feel sorry for him.

The King's guard hunt him high
and low in the Borka-forest.

Thank the heavens for the Mattis-castle.
At least we're safe here...

"Like the fox in its den,
and the eagle in its nest."

- That's right, Skalle-Per.
- Isn't that what you usually say, Mattis?

My heart's pride and joy,
where are you going?

I'm going to watch out
for falling in the river.

Where are you doing that?

By the river, if it is to be of any use.

My, my aren't you wet.
Did you fall into the river?

I sat by the waterfall.

Now I've watched out for
all Mattis warned me about.

Except for falling in the 'Hell's Gap'.
I'll go do that now.

Just as soon as I'm dry.

You're such a wise and obedient child.

I know who you are.

You're that robber's daughter
that runs wild in the forest.

And who are you?

Birk son of Borka. I live here.
We moved in last night.

Who si we?

Borka, Undis and me.
And our twelve robbers.

Is the north-castle full of bastards?!

No, only honest Borka-robbers there.

But over there where you live
it's wall to wall with bastards.

That's what I've been told.

Just wait until Mattis finds out.

He'll have the Borka-robbers out of the
north-castle before you can blink.

That's what you think...

Borka-vermin... Go to Hell!

Come over here and I'll break your nose.

Follow that, if you can.

You're not so hopeless after all.

- Hold on and don't move.
- There isn't much else to do, is there?

Here you go! Start climbing when I holler.

Go ahead!

You did good.

Go away! Give me my strap!

I might be tied to you
even without it now.

No you're not. Leave!

Don't do that again!

But it was kind of you to save my life.

I will see you again some time.

I hope you fall, you bastard.

You would deserve as much!

No! Never!

You're lying, Ronja!
Borka doesn't have a son!

Yes, he does!

I've also heard people say as much.

Undis had a child out of the blue
that night with the terrible thunderstorms.

Just when Ronja came to us.

Why hasn't anyone told me?!

What else haven't you told me?!

Here you go.

If you must waste God's gifts.

But make sure to clean up after yourself.

Safe as the fox in its den,

and the eagle on the mountain top!

Enough!

If you've got fleas, then deal with them.
Don't just stomp around here.

This probably just got more tender.

Some dirt cleans out the bowels.
Eat now, Mattis.

Don't be sad.
All you have to do is throw them out.

That might be easier said than done.

- Damned pigs.
- But how did they get in there?!

Was seit ihr bloß für Hampelmänner!

You lazy bastards! Have you not been
guarding the Wolf's Neck night and day!

Did you think they would come that way,
walk up to you and politely say:

"We're moving into Mattis-castle."

So, which way did they come?

From the North of course.

Stay here.

You devilish thieve's consort!

I thought you were thirsty, Mattis.

What kind of mouse of a husband do you
have that can't even control his own wife?

Come out if you dare, Borka!

Can't even have some fun around here.

Listen to the thief.

You mongrel thief!
There's been enough fun around here!

Listen, Mattis, I...

Don't you eat swills
like all other swine?!

Let me speak, woman!

I can't live in the Borka-forest any more.

The King's guards are thick as flies there.

A man who moves into someone else house
without even asking has no honour!

Damn robber!

When did you ever ask
permission for anything you have taken?!

What does he mean?

What?

Mattis hasn't taken anything
without asking, has he...?!

You know, Ronja... maybe...

Cat got your tongue, Mattis?!

That shut him up!

Ja, ja ...

Are you in a hurry, robber's daughter?

That's none of your business.

What do you want, robber's daughter?

Leave my pheasants and my forest alone.

Your pheasants? Your forest?!

The pheasants are their own
and it's a pheasant's forest.

It is also the robber's,

and the fox',

and the owl's,.

And the forest dove's,
the hawk's.

and the cuckoo's forest.

And of the gray dwarfs, the forest trolls,

the rumpnissarna and the harpies.

The forest of snails,

and spiders and ants

The forest of deer and bears,

wild horses and mooses,

and of the wolves.

I know all the life in this forest.

There forest is also yours and mine.

But if you want it all for yourself,
then you are dumber than I thought.

A lot dumber.

That's mean.
Now you've scared it away.

I don't mind sharing the forest
with pheasants, owls and spiders.

But I mind sharing it with you.

Ronja!

Ronja, stop!

Ronja!

- Ronja.
- What do you want?

Ronja, this fog is scaring me.

Are you afraid you
won't find you way home?

Then you'll have to
stay with the pheasants.

You have a heart of stone, robber's daughter,
but you know the way better than me.

Let go of me.

Here, but keep
a rope's length between us.

As you wish, robber's daughter.

No, Ronja! Stop!

It's the call of the underworld!

Yes, I am coming...

Ronja! Stop!

Ronja, stop!

Yes, I am coming...

Ronja!

I am coming.

No, Ronja!

If you let the underworld
lure you down,

you are lost!

Let go of me!

Do you want to live
in the underworld forever?

Have you been bitten by a fox?

Never you mind. I can
find my own way from here.

Aren't you clever, you little shit!

Go to hell, won't you!

You spend so much time in the forest,
eventually you'll turn into a gnome.

And where do you keep, Fjosok?

How can you find so much stuff every day?

Yes, it's strange and miraculous.

You will have to be cunning as a vixen
if you want to drive out Borka.

You can't do it with violence.

To be cunning as a vixen
is not my strong suit.

I can see that.

Ah, there my Ronja.

How was the forest today?

We were...

I can't really remember.
I think there was fog.

There sure was,
we could hardly find our way home.

Mattis!

What is it you have
taken without permission?

What did Borka mean by that?

Well... you are an innocent child,
so I haven't told you any of this before.

No, and we haven't been
allowed to say anything.

Isn't it your bedtime soon, old man?

No.

I want to listen to you explaining
to Ronja what it is a robber does.

Well... I'm not sure how to put this...
you know... what to say.

No, but I do.

Robbers take as much
as they can from other people.

Doesn't that make them angry?

Yes, very angry.

Many of they scream and cry.

Old man, go to bed!

Ronja, you have to understand.

One day you will be a robber-chief.

- That is what you want?
- Yes.

I will never be a robber-chief.

Ronja!

Will I...?! Never!
Not if people get angry and cry!

But I still love you, Mattis.

You see, Ronja... I only take
from the rich and give to the poor.

That's right.

You gave a whole sack of flour to
that old widow with the eight children.

I'll never forget that, Mattis.

I did indeed. That's right!

You have such good memory.

That must be at least ten years ago.

Of course you give to the poor.
You can't take from the poor.

You give to the poor every tenth year.

Go to bed!
Or I will put you to bed!

I think it is brewing up to a storm.

I can feel it in every bone in my body.

The wolf howls in the forest night.

He wants, but cannot sleep

The hunger gnaws at his stomach

and it is cold in his house

Wolf, wolf, do not come here

hmm, hmm, hmm, hmmm ....

Komm! Komm! Komm!

Fjosok!

Well, well, Fjosok.

If your greatest desire in life
is to shuffle snow...

I can promise you a delightful winter.

What...

My leg is stuck!

- Why... Why doesn't she move on?
- Why, why is she doing this?

- Why...
- Why, why...

- Why is she doing this...?
- Why, why...

- It's a human.
- And so big. So very big.

- What does she want here?
- Yes, what does she want?

Why is she doing this...?
Ruining the ceiling!

I didn't mean to. Help me!

Why did you do that?
Now the snow will fall into our home.

All because you ruined the roof.
Why, why...?

Help me, come on.

- Why, why?
- Yes, why?

Why is she doing this...?

Push me in the stomach! Why?

Help me get free.
Just help me out.

- Why did she shove you?
- Yes, why did you shove him?

The thunderstorm is coming.

Just go, go now.
The thunderstorm is coming.

Why, why? Why is it so dark?
The thunderstorm is coming.

- Thunderstorm! Thunderstorm!
- Wait for me.

Don't go. Help me!

Hang it on the big foot.

- Just like that.
- Hang it on the big foot.

Good place to hang...
in the crib, like that.

- But the crib, look.
- Now it gets properly rocked.

The foot is stuck, yes.

- I also want to rock.
- Come here.

- You always go first!

Don't push.
My son is waiting.

What is going one?

Why, what's that?

Help me!

What is it?

My poor child.
My poor child.

Why...

Why, why.
Where am I?

You look funny.
Can't you see?

Look now.

What is that?

Help me!

Beautiful little human!

Beautiful little human!
Laying there and resting!

We will have you now, human child!
Blood will flow, human child!

Let me go get my sisters!
We will have you know!

Yes!

Yes, we will have you!

We will have you now, human child!
Blood will flow, human child!

Then you will be ours.

Yes, little human,
and we will never let yo go.

Ronja, aren't you going home?

Here, let me help you.
Hold on to me.

Don't leave me!
Never leave me again!

I won't. As long as you keep a rope's
distance between us.

I'll get you loose.
Let me try something else.

Let's see.

What is wrong now.
Why... why?

Waking the baby, why?

I hope nothing is broken.

Now he gets snow
in his eyes. Why?

Poor baby, he cannot see.
Poor baby.

Don't be afraid, little one.
Nothing will happen to you.

Now I'm going home to Borka-castle,

but you can't know the route I take.

Birk.

I wish you were my brother.

I can be your brother,
robber's daughter, if you want me to.

I do, but only if you call me Ronja.

Ronja, my sister.

Did you have a good time
in the forest today?

Yeah, pretty good.

Well, this is fun isn't it?

The Wolf's Neck is blocked by snow
so no one is getting out until spring.

Until spring...?!
How will I see...

How will I get to the forest?

No one is getting to
the forest until spring.

What misery, Skalle-Per.

Zwölf eingeschneite Räuber und
den Räuberhauptmann auch noch dazu.

Twelve snowed in robbers
and you on top, Mattis.

I see a chief,

a little shit.

What can he achieve?

Almost nothing,

no nothing

for his name is

Borka.

For his name is Borka.

I see a man so big and strong

that no one is his match

He is the greatest chief

and his name is Mattis

This chief just gets bigger and bigger
the more beer he drinks

What if one pretty day
he swells so much he explodes

swells so much he explodes.

Where are you going?

To the basement to get more beer.

- Are you coming?
- Yes.

Let's see, Ronja...

That was some storm I tell you,
that night when you were born.

Just above us here
is the Hell's Gap.

But what's behind those rocks?

Borka, that fox, probably stashes
his beer somewhere back there.

If he has any beer.
Which I don't the he does.

That's a lot of rocks.

Pelje, Knotas, Jutis, Tjegge, Fjosok!

- Get out there and shovel snow!
- My back still hurts from yesterday!

Sturkas, take Turre
and go fetch water and firewood.

- You expect me to carry firewood?
- You expect me to fetch water?

You're all lazy as oxen.

Except when it comes to fighting and robbing.
Get to work!

We will.

Birk! Is that you?!

Ronja!

Have you forgotten that you are my brother?

Not at all, my sister.

Are your eyes as black as always?

Take a look if you dare.

Yup, you look just like yourself -
just a little paler.

But you don't look like yourself -
you're all skin and bones.

That's because I haven't been eating much.

Come.

Don't you have food in Borka-castle?

No, my belly hasn't been
full for a long time.

Eat, if you're hungry.

Ouch, my back.

Delicious! To hell with being hungry.

Quiet, someone is coming. Come.

In here.

Shhh.

What in the name of the devil
are you doing here?

Not drinking beer, that's for sure.
One can't shovel snow all the time.

No, I'm staying away.

Lovis has started combing for lice

and spring cleaning the robbers.

Out! Get out there!

You too, Mattis!

This can't be good for you.

You're ripping my hair out!

Bullshit. A chief should
be free of lice.

Skalle-Per, aren't you going out
in the snow to clean off some of that muck?

No, it won't stop me dying.

So I choose to die with my muck intact.

Die?! Forget about that.

I haven't lived a day
without you, you old goat.

And that's how it will stay.

We'll see, little boy.

Mein kleiner Räuber.

I see a chief wearing a dress

evil as a troll.

When people freeze to death,
she stands by

and giggles.

Get over here.

I like this one.

Let's see what's in here.

- There's only women's clothing left.
- What?

This was made for you, Knotas.

Sit still.

Am I not free of lice soon?

Yes, I just like to feel
your hair in my hands.

It's so soft.

So is yours.

I have to go now.

We can only meet in secret.

I hate sneaking, but without our meetings

I wouldn't have survived the winter.

How many times are you planning
on saving my life, my sister?

As many times as you save mine.

We can't survive without each other.

Soon it will be spring!
Then we can meet in the forest.

Now he's going to get it!

Hoj, hoj, my bastards!
Now, finally Borka and his thieving dogs

are going to get what they deserve
until they fall flat on their faces!

Sit down.

Do you have to hate each other?

Ask Borka what he's doing in Mattis-castle.

But now he is leaving!

Does it have to involve bloodshed
until everyone ends up dead?

- Not at all.
- The child is wiser than you, Mattis.

Well, you come up with something better.

Soon Borka will be history.

I have to go to the forest too.

Yes, run along to the forest.

Ronja, if anything happens
to you I couldn't go on living!

And now, hold still.

Birk, where are you?

Birk!

Birk!

Finally! I have waited so long.

Have you?

Have you?

But now it is spring, Ronja.

I have one of these too now.

I can feel the winter washing off me.

Soon I will be so light I can fly away.

That was my spring howl.
If I don't howl, I will explode.

I just want to lie here
and be in the spring.

I like that about you,
Birk son of Borka. Look!

What is that? Why, why?

Look! There goes my winter hat.

Why is it dark? Why, why?

Here she is again.
Why? Why?

Aren't you going to
thank me for the loan?

Why?

Why do you do that?
Should I catch a cold? Why?

- Bastards!
- Get out of here!

Piss ant!

Get lost!

You yellow belly!

How do you like that,
you Borka-robber?

Ruhig, ruhig.

Death to all Mattis-robbers!

Come here you mongrel!

Just catch me, Borka!

Catch me!

I'll get you for that.

Come down and I'll show you.

I'm here, you shithead.

Even spring is ruined...

by a couple of bull-headed robber-chiefs.

There is too much bile in the air.

I want to go home now.
- We have to go our separate ways.

No one can see us together.

Wait a while before you go.
Until tomorrow, my sister.

Until tomorrow, brother.

A toast to Borka!

Ronja, you were right!
There was no need for bloodshed.

Now Borka will go to hell...

before he has time
for his morning fart.

What ahppened?

Look over there.

Look what I caught just now
with my bare hands.

You animal!

You can't do this!
You can't do this!

What is it I can't do?

You're mean!

What does my daughter say?
What can't I do?

Rob if you must. Money and things.

But not people!

I won't be your daughter if you do.

What are you talking about?

I have caught a vermin.

A louse!

And now I intend to clean my castle.

Then you can be my daughter
or not, as you please.

Damn you!

Damn you!

You shouldn't say such things
to your father.

Fjosok!

go to the Hell's Gap.
And send a message to Borka.

tell him I want to see him up there
as soon as the sun rises.

Don't touch the vermin!

This wound needs cleaning.

Get out, all you men!
Get lost!

Get out of here!

Nothing but rocks in your heads.

Do you hear that, Mattis? Get out!

Shame on you, mattis!

Oh, Mattis!

You damned idiot.

You idiot.

Come here so I can spit in your face.

May the devil claw your eyes out,
you cowardly child-robber!

God damn you, you ass.
You devil's eunuch!

You ass!

You devil. Aren't you ashamed?

Make your own son!

Instead of going after
the one I bore for Borka.

Can't you make your woman shut up?

Ah Mattis, you damn...

You are dismal, Mattis.

Going after my son to get us to leave.

That is low.

I didn't ask for your opinion.

I want to know when you intend to leave.

If I get my son back...

then I will leave
before the summer is over.

Agreed.

Then you will get your son
before the summer is over.

And I'm saying I want him now.

And I'm saying that you won't.
We have dungeons in Mattis-castle.

So he will not want
for a roof over his head.

Let that be some consolation,
in case we have a rainy summer.

No!

Just cry! I would cry to
if I had such a beast of a father.

Silence, woman.
I will deal with this.

Now, Mattis...

We have dungeons on
this side of the castle too.

Now can I have my son back?

Sure. I'll give you your son back.

At the same time you will get your child.

You do know bartering,
sheepdog!

I don't have a child.

What kind of shenanigans is this?

Is that a new trick?

Here is your son.

But you can't return my child to me.
I don't have one.

But I do.

And I want that
child back now, Borka.

Even if the child's father
has gone insane.

Come Birk.
Come here.

Come.

Jump across.

Ronja.

What have you got going on with her?

She is my sister.

Sister? Well, we'll see about that
in a few years time.

Come with me, you.

Don't touch me.
I can't stand your hands on my body.

Birk!

Ronja.

Don't speak to me.

Ronja, I am so glad you're alive...

Don't speak to me!

The wolf howls in the forest night.
He wants, but cannot sleep.

>i?He wants, but cannot sleep.

Hmm, hmm, hmm

Birk!

Birk! Where are you?

Birk!

Birk, where are you?

Screaming and shouting in the forest. Why?

Screaming and shouting. Why?

Birk!

Screaming and shouting in the forest.

Birk!

Why? Why?

BIRK!

Why? Why?

She's been screaming
for three days. Why?

- Three days, why?
- Why?

Why? Because I miss him.

Can you understand that, gray dwarfs?

- Why? Why?
- Ronja!

Birk.

Birk!

Ob das vielleicht ihr
Bruder ist, kommt mir beinahe so vor!

I'm moving to the forest.
I can't stay in Borka-castle any longer.

Why not?

Why not?

I can't stand the nagging
and the yelling any more.

Three days is enough.

I want to get out of Mattis-castle as well.

I was born in a cave, so I can certainly
live in the Bear cave. But can you?

I can live anywhere with you.

I'll come tonight. To the Bear's Cave.

I'll be there waiting for you.

Enough is enough!

I'm tired of this.

Mattis has been laying in my bed,
staring at the wall for three whole days.

Doesn't say anything,
doesn't eat anything at all.

Come, Mattis, sit down and eat.
Everyone is waiting for you.

Are you full now?

Have you finally had enough?

Goodbye, Lovis.

Vielleicht sehen wir uns
wieder, vielleicht auch nicht.

Maybe I will see you again, maybe not.
I'm sorry, but I have to.

Go!

Go away, forest trolls!

Right now!

Birk, where are you?

Ronja, I've been waiting so long.

This is for you.

Thanks.

Eat, then sing me the wolf song.

Does that mean you want to sleep.

I've been busy all day.

I spent all day cleaning up after
the bear that lived here last winter.

Where there is a fire, there is a home.

Yes, this is our home now.

The wolf howls in the forest night.

He wants, but cannot sleep.

But I can!

Hunger gnaws at his stomach
and it is cold in his house.

and it is cold in his house.

It should be Lovis.

Mattis.

I don't have a child!

I don't have a child!

I don't have a child!

I don't have a child!

I don't have a child!

Well.

I'm frozen stiff.

It is coldest at dawn.

Aber nach und nach wirds wärmer.

Let's get the fire started. Come!

This is the last of the milk.
After this there is only cold water.

That's fine.

That won't make us fat,
but it won't kill us either.

Cover your ears,
here comes my spring howl.

You see!
Spring comes when I call for it.

I was thinking of getting some water.

Thinking doesn't get us any water.

Something smells nice.
Is it ready soon?

Now we will have food for several days.

And salmon tastes nice.

What's wrong?

I cut my foot.

Is it a deep cut?

It can bleed for as long as it likes.

Lovis used to put moss on the wound.

I'll go and get some.

Who knows when you will
cut yourself again?

Are you bringing salmon again!
We never seem to eat anything else.

Even so, it's food.

Look at this.

The moss is dry.
Now you can cut yourself again.

Throw me the knife.

The knife? You have it.

No, you had it last.

I don't have the knife!

What have you done with it?

Me? Nothing!
You had it last.

You are lying!

I don't have it.

Listen to me.

I thought I told you that without
a knife we cannot survive in the forest.

Then you should have
taken better care of it.

You're a little shit
placing the blame on others!

Robber's daughter!
And one is supposed to live with you.

You won't have to anymore, Borka-robber.

Live with the knife,
if you can find it!

To hell with her!

Damn her!

The knife? But then...

Ronja

Ronja!

Why, Why?
Why, Why?

- Ronja!
- Why, Why?

Let her stay in the forest for all I care.

Why? Why?

She'll come back sooner or later.

She'll come back sooner or later?

Just let her try...

"It's too late now.
You should have come sooner."

You should have come sooner.
Why, why?

I should have come sooner?

Why? Why?

Ronja!

Ronja!

She's probably gone home to Mattis-castle.

Poor thing!
Who has treated you so badly?

Birk!

Birk!

Birk.
Oh, Birk.

Birk! Did you see the bear?
It killed her foal.

These things happen in the forest.

But I don't want it to!

Little sister.

Quick - go get the moss.
Otherwise she will bleed out.

Come here.

You poor thing.

There, all done.

Why why...

Why are they doing this?

So she won't bleed to death.
What about her foal?

Gone! Doesn't exist any more!

We know

Gone... gone...

Too bad the knife was lost.

Good thing I found it again.

You found it?

It was lying right there under the moss
whilst we were yelling at each other.

Things can turn out so wrong so unnecessarily.

That's why we should avoid the unnecessary!

Come.
Come here.

They're not as shy anymore.

Your foal should have had this milk.

Now you can give it to us.

We need it.

Let's ride!

Hey, hey!

Jaa!

Hey, hey, hey!

That's how it's done.

Rag-rut and wild-child, good names.

We'll put the straps in their mouths.

Go now!

Cold.

Look how little milk there is.

Soon we will have neither milk nor bread.

Thank you, Lilja.

Next summer you will have a new foal.

Wild horses have a good life,
even in winter.

It's summer now, my sister.
Winter...

The winter will come.

But not for a long time.

Ronja!

Lill-Klippen, is it you!

To think that you have come!

Nice view you have here.

You can see the river and the forest.

You haven't come to look
at the view, have you?

No, Lovis sent me.

With bread.

Lovis bread...

Birk, look!

We've got bread.

Smells nice!

Lovis figured you would be
running out of bread by now.

Ronja...

Aren't you coming home soon?

Everyone's waiting.

Mattis tooh?

That beast!
Who knows what he's thinking?

And what he's waiting for.

He says nothing.

Doesn't he even mention my name?

No.

I'm never coming home!

Not as long as
I am not Mattis' child.

Tell him that. So looud
that the whole castle can hear.

Na vielen Dank.

I don't think even Skalle-Per
would dare pass on that message.

So you didn't go home to your father then.

I don't have a father.

I can survive without
a brother as well.

Sorry if am being unfair,

but I know what you are thinking about.

That I have lived through eleven winters,

but the twelfth will be my death.

Forget the winters. It's summer now.

Leave my shoes alone!

I was just bringing them to you.

And you expect me to believe that?

Birk, harpies!

- Where are the little humans?
- Duck, Ronja!

Now the blood will flow!
We will have you now.

We will have you now.

Where are the little humans?

There is one.

Birk, where are you?

Here. Hurry up!

Jetzt wird Blut fließen!

Where are they?
Where are the little humans?

Where are they?

Where are they?

Where are they?

Nowhere to be seen,
nowhere to be found.

Now the blood will flow!

Nowhere to be seen,
nowhere to be found.

They are gone.
No longer here.

I though you had drowned.

Not yet, but soon.

Why?

Can you hear the waterfall?

Let go of the branch!

Lovis.

My child!

Your hair is wet.
Have you been swimming?

We did some swimming, Birk and I.

Aren't you going to greet my mother?

One doesn't greet uninvited guests.

My mother taught me that.

A shame she didn't teach you
some common sense as well!

Birk is... tired.

It's alright.

You know why I have come.

Not to give me bread, I suppose?

You can have bread when you come home.

I'm never coming home.

Then Mattis will jump in the river.

He doesn't even mention my name.

No, not when he is awake.

But every night he cries in his sleep
and calls your name.

It's hard to watch
someone suffer so inhumanly.

Come home.

I can't, Lovis.

Not even if Mattis asked you himself?

He never will.

Go to bed.

I'll sit here till it gets light.

Then I'll go on home.

Sing me the wolf song.

I want to fall asleep in your lap

The wolf howls in the forest night

He wants, but cannot sleep

Hunger gnaws at his stomach

And it is cold in his house

Wolf, wolf, do not come here.

What's the matter, Birk?

I am sitting here mourning.

We have it good here, you and me.

I want to have this summer in peace,

without messengers from Mattis-castle.

You'll be returning there when
the winter comes.

- And you?
- I'll be staying here.

And freeze to death?

I don't care if I live,
if I can't be with you.

Who said that I am going
back to Mattis-castle?

I did.

I intend to freeze to death on my own,
if that is the way it has to be.

But now it's summer, Ronja.

It's a rainy summer we are having.
But it will get better.

It's a windy summer we are having.
But it will get better.

It's a cold summer.

You're not very careful with your life.

I'm going to get some water.

I'll come once I've
got the fire started.

My child,.

My child.

I have my child back.

Am I your child now?

Am I really your child?

Yes, Ronja, as you
have always been.

How I have cried over you.
My god, how I have suffered.

Is it true what Lovis says?

That you will come home if I ask you?

Ronja, come with me.

I have not asked you yet,

but I'm doing it now.

Ronja, follow me home.

Birk son of Borka

come over here!

What do you want?

Honestly, to beat you up.

But I won't.

I am asking you to
come with me to Mattis-castle.

Why would I?

Don't imagine for one second
that I like you.

But my daughter does.
And she would like you to.

Yes it would, Mattis.

I need to speak with Birk privately.

But after that we are going home.

'But after that we are going home.'

Does he think that I going to become
a whopping boy for the Mattis-robbers?

Would you rather freeze to death
in the Bear's Cave?

I think so.

One should take good care of one's life.

You know what will happen when you
stay in the Bear cave during winter.

You are wasting your life.
And mine.

Your life?
What do you mean?

Yes, if you're staying,
I'm staying with you.

Whether you want me to or not.

I wouldn't want to waste your life, Ronja.

I'll follow you wherever you go.

Even if I have to
live amongst Mattis-robbers.

Hoh, hoh, ha.

- Ronja!
- Lill-Klippen!

Thank you for letting me see
Ronja whenever I want.

But now I am going home to Borka.

And see how he and Undis are.

If only your father wasn't such a bastard,

or we would do what Skalle-Per suggested.

You're a bastard yourself.

What has Skalle-Per been suggesting?

He has so many crazy ideas.

To think that she has returned home to us!

I have never seen a dirtier child.

Never.

Mein dreckiges Kind
My dirty child has come home.

Watch it, watch out!

Now I will perform my happiness-fart.

Well, one needs to give people
a proper salute ...

when they return home.

Ronja?

What's the matter?

I just wanted to make sure you were there.

Of course I am, stupid.

Borka and Undis were so happy to see me.

I never thought they cared about me.

You can stay with them until spring comes.

Then we're moving back to the Bear's Cave.

That is what we will do.

Die Landsknechte sind
hinter uns her, versteckt euch!

Hide, quickly!

The King's guards are after us.

Soon I will crush every measly
little King's guard in the Mattis-forest!

Brag when you're riding home.
That's what my mother always used to say.

Five.

The King's guard will win
if you don't do as I say.

Don't bring up that madness again.

Me and Borka joining forces. Ha!

Four.

Who would be the chief? Borka?

The strongest will be the chief.

Let a fight decide.

You're sure to win a that fight.

You're strong as an ox.

Och!

It's too bad, you know.

Naaa.

That you're such a bastard.

Otherwise I would have made you
my second a long time ago.

instead of kicking you
in the kidneys.

Au!

And it gives me great grief...

that I will disfigure your face.

For you're already uglier
than ought to be legal.

Why do you need two ears anyway.

Hit him again!!

Had enough?

It will pain me
to smash you up so badly...

that Undis will cry
when she looks upon you.

Mattis is the strongest!

He remains the strongest robber-chief
in all mountains and forests.

Brother Borka.

You will still remain chief
in name as well as in honour,

But from now on my word is law law,
you understand that?

Here they come! Open the gates!

Come on.

How are you, my Mattis?

Little Borka, you could use
some beer about now.

Not this way.
Over there, over there.

We won!

So you won.
Go and sit down over there.

Don't feel bad about loosing
the fight today, Borka.

There will be better times now
for your Borka-robbers.

When you and I are gone your son
will take over I should imagine.

What about Ronja?

Ronja doesn't want to.

And when she says no,
there is no changing her mind.

She takes after her mother.

- Then only Birk remains.
- Yes.

Does Birk want to be a robber-chief?

Of course he does.

I, Birk son of Borka, swear...

that I will never be a robber-chief,
for as long as I may live.

Heutzutage hat man bei
seinen Kindern nichts mehr zu melden.

There is no winning with children.
One just needs to learn to accept that.

Though it's not easy.

- Cheers.
- Cheers.

Come here, Mattis.

Come, Borka.

I don't dance,

Damn you.

Lovis, wait.
Wake up! I'm in pain.

My only consolation is that bastard Borka
is lying over there in even greater agony.

Men!

Undis!

Undis! We beat the guards,
you should have seen us.

That Mattis isn't as stupid as he looks.

- Fjosok!
- Yes.

Take this one.

Yes.

Come on boys,
let's get into the warmth.

And then, all we can eat!

This was a good day.

- And now for something to eat.
- Not bad at all.

We're back, Skalle-Per.

Skalle-Per, we tricked the
King's guard real good.

That Borka isn't as stupid as he looks.

Try to eat some soup.
It'll warm you up.

No.

Aren't you better yet?

No.

I might as well lie here and stare.

Here at least I will
have some company.

I'll stay here whilst I'm waiting.

What are you waiting for?

Have a guess.

What's the matter with him?

Old age.

That won't kill you will it?

Well...

I won't allow it!

You don't get a say in this.

Ronja.

It gladdens my heart that neither you
nor Birk want to become robbers.

It was alright in the old days,
but not anymore.

Now they hang you for robbing.

People scream and cry when you
take their stuff.

They do.

I couldn't stand it, Skalle-Per.

No, you could never handle it.

Ronja,...

Do you remember when I told you
about the little Grey dwarf?

The one you saved?

Then he insisted on giving me...

Look, here comes Mattis!

You look all drained and
your eyes are red.

Are you sick?

No, you're the sick one.

Ronja, Skalle-Per needs to rest now.
And so do you.

First I want to hear the end of the story.

Well, you know the little brook...

You can find your way there?

Yes, I can find my way there.

Good.

But you have to wait
until spring, naturally.

Don't crowd me.

I'm so cold.
And you're so warm.

Warm as an oven.

Come here, I'll give you
some warmth, old man.

He's dead!

He's dead.

Not at all.

I have enough manners

to say goodbye before I go.

But now, dear friends,

I must take my leave of all of you.

For now I am dying.

Now he's as dead
as any living human can get.

He has always been there.

And now he is no more.

I know that no one lives for ever.

We are born and we die.

You know this too.

What are you grumbling about?

I miss him!

I miss him so much it hurts.

Do you want me to hold you?

Yes, please, hold me.
You too, Ronja.

Birk.

Yes, what is it?

There exists a mountain made of silver.

A Grey dwarf showed it to Skalle-Per.

I'll believe it when I see it.

Well, what is this then?

What the...

Lumps of silver can be good.

But they won't do us much good
in the Bear's Cave.

You can't eat lumps of silver.

No, you can't.

Have you spoken to Mattis yet,
about moving out to the Bear's Cave?

Not yet.

I'm afraid.

He's going to be mad.
But you have to.

- I'll come with you.
- Thanks.

So that's it.

You're thinking about moving out?

Yes, I am.

My old cave!

I lived there every summer
when I was younger.

There is no better place to live.

What do you say, Lovis?

What?

Last year's apples are rotten.

Not all of them.

Go, child, if your father thinks so.

But I will miss you.

What did you say?

Help, now he's angry.

The apples are not rotten?

I'm not angry at all..

Surely one is allowed to throws
things at walls.

Have some fun from time to time?

So...

You will come back in autumn as usual?

As it has always been.

As it has always been, Mattis.

I will do what I normally do,
and you will do what you normally do.

But the Bear's Cave is mine.

I'll come and say hello.

No problem.

That's fine by me.

But it will be a relief not to
have to see his curly head every day.

Lovis!

Surely one is allowed to throw things
and have some fun from time to time?

Or what was it you said?

Lovis!
Come here!

Now it's only you and me.

You and me!

You and me!